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Faizan Chaudhary

Faizan Chaudhary

Senior Consultant

MetaPhase Consulting

Technologies

Master’s in Business Analytics from Cornell | Data Scientist with Proven Portfolio Management & Efficiency Maximization | Seeking Data-Driven Roles

My Work

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DataLab

Project: Analyze International Debt Statistics

DataLab

Generating Keywords for Google Ads

DataLab

Project: Investigating Netflix Movies

DataLab

Project: Analyze International Debt Statistics

DataCamp Course Completion

Take a look at all the courses I’ve completed on DataCamp.

Courses

Introduction to Python
Intermediate Python

My Work Experience

Where I've interned and worked during my career.

MetaPhase Consulting | Jul 2023 - Present

Senior Consultant

Lead analyst providing ongoing data analysis of a $500M IT portfolio • Improved capital planning processes (CIO ratings, Cyber Budget Data Request, and overall regulatory and compliance reporting) to maximize resource efficiency; removed redundant and unutilized steps to simplify analyses, and modified spend plan requests by automating through Power Automate • Analyzed data using index matching, Pivot Tables, and XLOOKUP to compare spending across submissions and fiscal years; aided in identifying funding patterns and trends across internal and external accounts • Visualized across-the-entity variances in costs, ratings, and risks using Power BI dashboards; allowed for a better understanding of funding issues and realignment of spending metrics
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Grant Thornton LLP | Feb 2020 - Jun 2023

Consultant

Project management and data transformation to centralize a $6B revenue non- profit’s HRIS and finance systems •Cleaned, structured, and transformed 100K+ data records from legacy systems to MS D365 and UKG; job codes, tax codes, employee records, payroll data, policies, etc., were standardized for expansion across multiple sites •Assured data was mapped and transformed into newly created implementation templates using Excel (VLOOKUP, index matches) to clean and structure the data •Managed three vendors and several pilot locations, including key milestones and schedules, to a timely and successful transformation Lead project manager for a $115M+ IT portfolio •Provided oversight of client IT expenditures and analyzed procurement data to maintain integrity and appropriateness of IT costs; identified redundant costs across multiple agencies, saving clients over $3M •Partnered with stakeholders and IT managers to improve data capture quality on all deliverables and refine the process for future iterations; created quarterly data captures and updates with feedback loops to improve efficiency

George Mason University | Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

Student Research Analyst

•Managed a portfolio worth over $250,000 for George Mason University, while analyzing economic trends to develop new equity and fixed income strategies. •Performed evaluations and conducted extensive research to evaluate the risk and return of various investment opportunities within the industry/sector. •Analyzed financial market conditions and economic activity to make buy, sell, or hold recommendations to the board members.

City of Danville, Virginia | May 2019 - Aug 2019

Finance Intern

•Assisted with financial reporting and identified an error which reduced the risk exposure of City of Danville by approximately $1 Million. •Analyzed Natural Gas rates and historical data to project future distribution revenues, commodity costs, and consumption for different types of customers. •Collaborated with the division’s top management to help shape a new robust policy regarding cost saving and encouraging customers to adapt cheaper Natural Gas solutions for energy. •Retrieved and interpreted historical inventory data to help perform an effective inventory management and to determine the best depreciation method for next five years. •Determined the overall cost invested in recent projects for different departments and divisions.

George Mason University | Jan 2019 - May 2019

Finance Tutor

•Conducted group and one-on-one tutoring sessions with current students taking Financial Management •Taught topics like Time Value of Money, Capital Budgeting Criteria, Relevant Cash Flows, and NPV Analysis etc. •Utilized strong communication skills to develop an effective and custom tutoring session for each student

City of Danville, Virginia | Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

Business Intern

•Utilized strong communication skills to operate effectively within different departments and divisions of City of Danville. •Created reports based on past work orders to estimate the cost invested in last five-year projects and then made a projection report based on those estimates. •Calculated the amount invested in providing Natural Gas services to different customers and then estimated a possible return period on that cost and revenue generated. •Analyzed data for power and light division to accurately determine the average monthly and yearly usage of different size parcels and category of customers. •Thoroughly studied and analyzed past work order balance sheets to establish various cost saving strategies for different types of projects.

My Education

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Master of Science - MS, Business Analytics in Business AnalyticsCornell University | 2024
Bachelor's degree, Finance in FinanceGeorge Mason University - School of Business | 2019

About Me

Faizan Chaudhary

Passionate about data with a Master's in Business Analytics, I excel in SQL, Python, and Power BI. Actively seeking roles in data science and analysis to drive informed decision-making.

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